Weather Records on 29 May 1958

455 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1958. Highest significance: Dharwar, IN.

Key Facts for 29 May 1958

On 29 May 1958, 455 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 439 daily.
Dharwar set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 29 May 1958.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

455 stations

455 station records on 29 May 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dharwar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mequatlingsnek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mafeteng	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ebenezer (Weltevrede)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ramdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Groothoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalabasput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dwars-In-Die-Weg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grootmodderfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yardie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	310.6 mm (12.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Koup (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kalghatgi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oakville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goorganga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

455 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 168.

Records on 29 May 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 439.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1958

Top 20 records on 29 May 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1958	Dharwar, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1958	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1958	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1958	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1958	Mequatlingsnek, ZA	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1958	Saint John, CA	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1958	Velikie Luki, RU	monthly high min	18.6 C (65.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1958	Goedemoed (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1958	Cambridge Niab, GB	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1958	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1958	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1958	Ebenezer (Weltevrede), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1958	Ramdurg, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1958	Groothoek, ZA	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1958	Kalabasput, ZA	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1958	Dwars-In-Die-Weg, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1958	Tuba City, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1958	Liberty, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1958	Minsk, BY	daily high min	17.3 C (63.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1958	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 455 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-29 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1817	1
1818	1
1832	1
1834	1
1836	2
1844	1
1847	2
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1860	2
1862	1
1864	2
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1875	1
1876	1
1881	2
1882	3
1883	1
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	1
1891	1
1892	5
1893	5
1894	4
1895	1
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	6
1900	2
1901	13
1902	14
1903	5
1904	3
1905	7
1906	23
1907	16
1908	26
1909	6
1910	14
1911	26
1912	32
1913	24
1914	40
1915	17
1916	27
1917	43
1918	38
1919	92
1920	33
1921	170
1922	62
1923	103
1924	137
1925	84
1926	155
1927	290
1928	104
1929	331
1930	252
1931	429
1932	228
1933	346
1934	753
1935	114
1936	420
1937	311
1938	316
1939	309
1940	156
1941	629
1942	531
1943	246
1944	258
1945	326
1946	281
1947	1,298
1948	420
1949	347
1950	359
1951	493
1952	413
1953	501
1954	269
1955	454
1956	512
1957	251
1958	455
1959	352
1960	259
1961	608
1962	894
1963	378
1964	537
1965	455
1966	357
1967	562
1968	579
1969	762
1970	410
1971	885
1972	609
1973	517
1974	623
1975	599
1976	975
1977	458
1978	707
1979	750
1980	920
1981	601
1982	1,170
1983	1,266
1984	1,871
1985	1,006
1986	840
1987	1,119
1988	1,132
1989	874
1990	1,135
1991	1,387
1992	1,551
1993	558
1994	658
1995	929
1996	1,177
1997	1,119
1998	1,228
1999	863
2000	1,354
2001	958
2002	594
2003	1,164
2004	835
2005	904
2006	1,438
2007	1,246
2008	784
2009	618
2010	995
2011	1,540
2012	962
2013	731
2014	605
2015	462
2016	511
2017	732
2018	1,386
2019	929
2020	937
2021	854
2022	698
2023	392
2024	618
2025	578
2026	788

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 May 1958
Margin	Records
0 to 10	306
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2